“It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.” — Pramila Jayapal Quote

“It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.”

“Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential.”

“I actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that to work in the public sector.”

“No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all.”

“When you see someone who reflects your own identity on the cover of an international bestselling magazine or on screen, you no longer feel isolated or like a second-rate citizen.”

“I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition.”